Spiders in Tortoises home...

[DesertTortoiseLove]

So now it's time to freshen up the tortoises house so they can come outside and not hibernating anymore. But I keep finding alot of spiders and one in particular scared the crud out of me. It was red/pinkish and light clear white. It's web has a very distinctive smell and it's web is like a elastic plastic. I am concerned since my tortoises are only 2 years old , 3 years in September. Any advice or should I even be concerned? Please and thank you.

 

[SarahChelonoidis]

Where do you live? Most spiders pose absolutely no risk to tortoises.

 

[keepergale]

Kill the spiders. Just my phobia I guess. Probably not a lot of risk to your tortoises thou. Just don't use poison to kill the spiders.

 

[DesertTortoiseLove]

Where do you live? Most spiders pose absolutely no risk to tortoises.

Riverside Ca. The dirt has little rocks and the rocks and bricks I have the dirt is moist underneath.

 

[Levi the Leopard]

In Riverside you probably have brown widows. Again, no threat to the tortoises but it's ok to smash them when you see them.

 

[DesertTortoiseLove]

Okay thank you guys. It was concerning because of its red and white or pink color it's weird thank you

 

[Yvonne G]

Please take a picture of one for us. I've never smelled a spider web before and now you have me real curious what kind of spider you have.

I have black widows in my tortoise sheds. I'm not worried about the spiders harming the tortoises, but I worry about ME if I accidentally walk through one of the occupied webs!! I take off my shoe and smash them whenever I see them.

 

[mike taylor]

No pictures !

 

[Rue]

March 14th is National Save a Spider day! My two tarantulas (Blackie and Lassie) and I are huge supporters and proponents of saving spiders - always helpful and never harmful!

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smith...l-celebrate-save-a-spider-day-2410844/?no-ist

 

[DesertTortoiseLove]

Please take a picture of one for us. I've never smelled a spider web before and now you have me real curious what kind of spider you have.

I have black widows in my tortoise sheds. I'm not worried about the spiders harming the tortoises, but I worry about ME if I accidentally walk through one of the occupied webs!! I take off my shoe and smash them whenever I see them.

Haha I will try to take a picture if I see them again. Once I saw it it started moving so quickly so I hurried and tried to squish it I was terrified lol. Only weird thing is their web is like an elastic plastic band that you find under shirts to hang on a hanger. It was very strange.

 

[RosemaryDW]

Was it this spider? http://bugeric.blogspot.com/2013/10/woodlouse-hunter.html. They are fairly common in the area.

I don't usually mind spiders but this one gives me the wiggins!

 

[DesertTortoiseLove]

Was it this spider? http://bugeric.blogspot.com/2013/10/woodlouse-hunter.html. They are fairly common in the area.

I don't usually mind spiders but this one gives me the wiggins!

See that's the spider that I was finding online when I was trying to look it up. I think it could be. It all happened so fast but once I saw it's colors I was scared and quickly stomped on it. Does this spiders web like a plastic looking?

 

[Speedy-1]

Most don't pose any problems for Torts , if they get too annoying I just take my leaf blower and blow them out !

 

[RosemaryDW]

Does this spiders web like a plastic looking?

I don't know about plastic. It isn't fancy and round, like the orb weaver spider's that are easy to spot. It can be more like a nest-looking thing. This is a decent photo:
http://www.rentokil.co.uk/blog/spiders-halloween/#.VuWzrfBHarU

Anyway, not particularly harmful, just a bit startling.